PETALING JAYA: Malaysia detected 1,922 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (June 14), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,530,312 since the pandemic began.
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The Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal reported that 1,919 of Tuesday’s new Covid-19 cases were local transmissions while there were three imported infections.
The portal also reported that 1,564 individuals recovered from Covid-19, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 4,471,631 since the pandemic began.
There are currently 22,961 active Covid-19 infections in Malaysia, with 21,921 individuals, or 95.5%, observing home quarantine and 16, or 0.1%, being treated at Quarantine and Treatment Centres throughout the country.
Some 992 Covid-19 cases, or 4.3%, have been hospitalised and 32 patients, or 0.2% of active cases, are being treated in intensive care units (ICU) nationwide, with 18 requiring ventilator support.
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The CovidNow portal also reported that the overall ICU utilisation rate in Malaysia now stands at 62.2% while the usage rate for Covid-19 patients is 7.3%.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry’s GitHub data repository reported that there were four deaths due to Covid-19 on Tuesday, including one classified as brought-in-dead.
One Covid-19 death each was reported in Selangor, Perlis, Johor and Melaka.
This brings the total number of fatalities in the country due to Covid-19 to 35,720 since the pandemic began.-The Star